One European diplomat says he hopes that the Biden visit means that Clinton-era officials will update their ideas of the region, which often remain stuck in the war years and tend as a result to be anti-Serb.

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The President will meet with those folks and have a chance to update, I think, the region on where we are both from a relief well standpoint -- obviously the weather has -- the weather will likely delay the relief well completion by two to three days, but we anticipate that the work will continue again over the weekend.

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Security Council an update on conditions in the western Sudan region, revisiting a report he gave a year ago.

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The President also received an update on the severe weather forecasted to impact the affected region in the coming days.

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And I think what he will be laying out is a way in which the United States is going to both keep its commitment as an anchor of security and stability in the Pacific, but also update the ways in which we are engaging in the region to deal with the realities of the 21st century.

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On the call the President received an update from the National Weather Service on severe weather that could be moving into the affected region in the coming days.

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The other thing I wanted to update you on is to give you a sense of the senior administration officials that are traveling in the region today.

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